A Communication Protocol defines the rules and conventions governing the exchange of information between communicating entities.
A Communication Protocol may specify how information is formatted, transmitted, received, interpreted, sequenced, acknowledged, or otherwise exchanged. The particular responsibilities of a protocol depend on the architectural layer and communication context in which the protocol is used.
A Communication Protocol is distinct from a Communication Characteristic. The protocol defines rules governing information exchange, while a Communication Characteristic describes an aspect of that exchange, such as Latency.
A Communication Protocol is also distinct from Quality of Service. A protocol defines how communicating entities exchange information, while Quality of Service describes or controls characteristics of that communication.
The term does not prescribe a particular protocol, protocol stack, transport mechanism, middleware technology, or implementation.
a protocol specifying the rules and conventions governing information exchange between communicating entities
DIDO Solutions architectural definition derived from distributed-system and networking concepts used by the DIDO Reference Architecture and DIDO-TE.
Communication Protocol is intentionally independent of a particular architectural layer.
Examples may include network, transport, application, middleware, or domain-specific communication protocols when those protocols govern information exchange between communicating entities.
The selection or configuration of a Communication Protocol does not, by itself, establish permission, authorization, semantic compatibility, or Quality of Service.
A Test Definition may specify a Communication Protocol for information exchange between two Nodes connected through a Virtual Network. The same test may separately specify Latency or Quality of Service characteristics for that communication.
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